Two people in Belgium have been infected with the same type of Listeria behind an outbreak in the Netherlands with European agencies investigating illnesses in other countries.
Belgian media cited
Dutch airline KLM has issued a warning after it came out that meat products contaminated with Listeria may have been served on some of its flights.
The RIVM (National Institute
A Salmonella outbreak that sickened almost 200 people at a Belgian school was likely caused by eggs used to make a tartar sauce, according to authorities.
The Agency for Care
Around 150 students and teachers from a school in Belgium are ill with possible food poisoning.
The Agency for Care and Health (Zorg en Gezondheid) and the Federal Agency for
The risk of Listeria monocytogenes growth in raw milk butter is low if the pH drops below a certain level after so long, according to one study by Belgian experts.
Belgian officials have issued a warning because of incidents of hepatitis infections being linked to dietary supplements containing curcumin.
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC)
The annual cost of acute gastroenteritis for the Belgian economy has been estimated at between €210 million ($239 million) and €1 billion ($1.14 billion).
A study by the Belgian
Canada is one of a number of countries that has received raw milk cheese linked to an outbreak of E. coli O26 in France.
French authorities reported 13 cases of
Two people in France are seriously ill with listeriosis after eating contaminated cheese, according to the public health agency.
A spokeswoman for Santé publique France told Food Safety News that
At least 11,000 bottles of red wine have been seized in Italy for containing a lower quality wine. Europol officials said criminal groups will counterfeit any beverage with no
French authorities are investigating more than a dozen cases of Salmonella infection in babies less than 19 months old. The illnesses are linked to a rice milk formula made in
Belgium has reported a case of Salmonella in an infant linked to an outbreak in France.
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) said it was
